Built my mash tun last weekend and I've been hankerin' to give it a go all week long. I've been excited about all grain ever since I first started brewing but today was my first opportunity.
Scottish 80 shilling:
6 lb Maris Otter
0.5 lb. Munich Malt
0.5 lb. Honey Malt
1 lb. Crystal 120L
1 oz. Pale Chocolate Malt 350L(I think that is what the store had, I forget now, the plan was 2 oz Pale Chocolate 200l so I figured 1/2 should work since it's only there for color anyway)
0.40 oz. UK TARGET
So, Got the the fire lit under the strike water about 8:50 threw it in the tun with the grains by 9:10 and missed my target mash temp of 158(A bit high I know but I wanted to get good body out of it) My strike water was 170 but after I mixed them together I was only at 150. Heated up 2 more quarts of water to 200 and then put that In and it brought me up to 159. Now that's more like it. I had a total of 3 gal of water at that point. Left that to sit for an hour while I went down to the shop to buy my 3rd hydrometer(it is getting rediculious, Do you think they'll cut me a deal If I buy in bulk? lol Just kidding) Got back did my Vorlofted and first runnings by 10:20 checked the gravity just for fun and it was a temp adjusted 1.089. Did a Batch sparge for about 20 min, into the kettle it went and then I was off to a boil. Decided to eat some beer soaked hotdogs while that heated up and boiled for a few min and proceded to do my very first BOIL OVER!!!!! I probably only lost a quart or so I was nearby. I got that calmed down and then threw my only hop addition in. The wort coolers had me down to 85 by 1:00 and I had everything cleaned up and pitched the yeast by 1:30. I was a tad under 5 gal but after dumping the starter in it pushed it a bit over.
OG 1.045
Est FG 1.012
So How'd I do? First all grain brew day in just under 5 hours. Not bad I thought.
The recipe I originally had was a scottish 60 shilling and it called for 4lb of maris otter however I didn't know what my effeciency would be like so I decided to play it safe since this was such a small beer and bump it by 2lb for this recipe the worst that could happen is it would go from a 60 to an 80 shilling. And that is what happened.
Scottish 80 shilling:
6 lb Maris Otter
0.5 lb. Munich Malt
0.5 lb. Honey Malt
1 lb. Crystal 120L
1 oz. Pale Chocolate Malt 350L(I think that is what the store had, I forget now, the plan was 2 oz Pale Chocolate 200l so I figured 1/2 should work since it's only there for color anyway)
0.40 oz. UK TARGET
So, Got the the fire lit under the strike water about 8:50 threw it in the tun with the grains by 9:10 and missed my target mash temp of 158(A bit high I know but I wanted to get good body out of it) My strike water was 170 but after I mixed them together I was only at 150. Heated up 2 more quarts of water to 200 and then put that In and it brought me up to 159. Now that's more like it. I had a total of 3 gal of water at that point. Left that to sit for an hour while I went down to the shop to buy my 3rd hydrometer(it is getting rediculious, Do you think they'll cut me a deal If I buy in bulk? lol Just kidding) Got back did my Vorlofted and first runnings by 10:20 checked the gravity just for fun and it was a temp adjusted 1.089. Did a Batch sparge for about 20 min, into the kettle it went and then I was off to a boil. Decided to eat some beer soaked hotdogs while that heated up and boiled for a few min and proceded to do my very first BOIL OVER!!!!! I probably only lost a quart or so I was nearby. I got that calmed down and then threw my only hop addition in. The wort coolers had me down to 85 by 1:00 and I had everything cleaned up and pitched the yeast by 1:30. I was a tad under 5 gal but after dumping the starter in it pushed it a bit over.
OG 1.045
Est FG 1.012
So How'd I do? First all grain brew day in just under 5 hours. Not bad I thought.
The recipe I originally had was a scottish 60 shilling and it called for 4lb of maris otter however I didn't know what my effeciency would be like so I decided to play it safe since this was such a small beer and bump it by 2lb for this recipe the worst that could happen is it would go from a 60 to an 80 shilling. And that is what happened.
